Public speaking - Toast master
Pavani Banka
Chartered Accountant - Global compliance reporting - Indirect tax
Hyderabad
Summary
Passionate Chartered Accountant and Tax Tech Enthusiast experienced in revolutionizing business processes through AI and automation. Successfully cleared all levels of Chartered Accountancy on the first attempt, demonstrating discipline and commitment. Firm believer in the power of innovation to streamline operations and empower businesses in an ever-evolving landscape. Eager to collaborate with industry professionals to optimize tax strategies and drive efficiency using cutting-edge technology.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2021
2021
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Senior Consultant -II- Global Compliance Reporting
Ernst and Young LLP
07.2024 - Current
- Collaborated with developers to build a generative AI litigation tool in just 4 weeks. Designed prompts from scratch for data pre-processing, retrieval and inferencing.
- Contributed to the development by providing functional inputs to improve the retrieval logics.
- Fine-tuned AI prompts to significantly enhance model accuracy, relevance, and output quality from 50% to 80-90%.
- Designed training sessions for generative AI tools, boosting user adoption and feature utilization.
- Led beta testing and UAT for AI solutions, identifying defects and authoring user stories to enhance reliability and performance.
- Provided valuable feedback and recommendations from testing, helping to improve model performance.
- Acted as liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring on-time delivery of AI solutions through precise requirement translation.
Senior Consultant - I-Indirect Taxation
Ernst and Young LLP
09.2023 - 07.2024
- Managed 50 lakh automation project involving automation of 13 tax processes independently
- Provided end to end IDT support with respect to compliance, refund, litigation and advisory to an IT/ITES client with 800 Crore revenue
- Devised ITC liquidation strategies by analyzing GST liabilities and prepared refund and rebate applications
Consultant - Indirect Taxation
Ernst and Young LLP
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Handled GST compliances such as GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-9/9C, PR vs 2B reconciliations
- Assisted in departmental audits, drafted replies to notices and attended personal hearing as representative of clients
- Assisted in preparation of appeal before CESTAT
- Providing advisory services to clients on various queries under Goods and Services Tax (GST) Law and SEZ Act, Customs provisions related to STPI
- Assisted in GST registration amendments and GST registration cancellation
- Aided in closing EDPMS cases by filing BRC application on banker's portal
Indirect Tax Intern
Ernst and Young LLP
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Assisted in SEZ and STPI compliances for an IT/ITES Client
- Assisted one of the most trusted Infrastructure company in streamlining books and returns at the end of 1st year of implementation of GST
- Assistance in client pitching by collating financials and other market information of possible pursuits
- Preparation of agenda and minutes of the meetings held with the client.
- Assisted in applying for incentive schemes such as SEIS etc
Education
CA- Final -
ICAI - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
09-2021
Skills
- Prompt Engineering
- Financial Modelling
- Advanced Excel
- Indirect tax advisory, litigation and GST compliance
- Power BI
- Automation
- Python basics
- Beta and UAT testing
- Prompt Engineering
Accomplishments
- Achieved 4th highest score in India on CA CPT (194/200)
- Successfully passed CA Final on first attempt
- Extraordinaires Award (2024)
- I am Exceptional Award (2022)
- I am Exceptional Award (2021)
Certification
EY Artificial Intelligence – Applied AI, 2024, Bronze learning
Interests
Swimming
Playing Chess
Timeline
Senior Consultant -II- Global Compliance Reporting
Ernst and Young LLP
07.2024 - Current
Senior Consultant - I-Indirect Taxation
Ernst and Young LLP
09.2023 - 07.2024
Consultant - Indirect Taxation
Ernst and Young LLP
09.2021 - 09.2023
Indirect Tax Intern
Ernst and Young LLP
08.2018 - 09.2021
CA- Final -
ICAI - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
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